TypedReference Structure

.NET Framework (current version)

Describes objects that contain both a managed pointer to a location and a runtime representation of the type that may be stored at that location.

This API is not CLS-compliant.

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

C++

[CLSCompliantAttribute(false)]
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public value struct TypedReference

Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object^)	Checks if this object is equal to the specified object.(Overrides ValueType::Equals(Object^).)
	GetHashCode()	Returns the hash code of this object.(Overrides ValueType::GetHashCode().)
	GetTargetType(TypedReference)	Returns the type of the target of the specified TypedReference.
	GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance.(Inherited from Object.)
	MakeTypedReference(Object^, array<FieldInfo^>^)	Makes a TypedReference for a field identified by a specified object and list of field descriptions.
	SetTypedReference(TypedReference, Object^)	Converts the specified value to a TypedReference. This method is not supported.
	TargetTypeToken(TypedReference)	Returns the internal metadata type handle for the specified TypedReference.
	ToObject(TypedReference)	Converts the specified TypedReference to an Object.
	ToString()	Returns the fully qualified type name of this instance.(Inherited from ValueType.)

Remarks

A typed reference is a type/value combination used for varargs and other support. TypedReference is a built-in value type that can be used for parameters and local variables.

Arrays of TypedReference objects cannot be created. For example, the following call is invalid:

C++

Assembly::Load("mscorlib.dll")->GetType("System.TypedReference[]");

Version Information

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Silverlight
Available since 2.0

Thread Safety

Any public static ( Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.